WAtching Mason Ho surf is about as fun as a zebra on rollerskates. So fans of Mason (us included here at The Inertia) are amping because he just swooped up a wildcard for the Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal. And the most defining factor that makes him so fun to watch is that he is having fun. More so than anyone else in surfing. He takes himself way less seriously, freeing himself from common constraints and allowing for a creative approach.

“I just got news about the Portugal event and I’m amping,” Mase told the WSL. “Dad [Michael Ho, Hawaiian icon and former WSL surfer] is super stoked as well. Hope we get some bombing swell and all that other good stuff down there.”